Collonges-sous-Salève explained

Collonges-sous-Salève
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Collonges-sous-Salèves.svg
Arrondissement:Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton:Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Insee:74082
Postal Code:74160
Mayor:Vincent Lecaque[1]
Term:2022 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC du Genevois
Coordinates:46.1419°N 6.1458°W
Elevation Min M:466
Elevation Max M:1301
Area Km2:6.13

Collonges-sous-Salève (in French pronounced as /kɔlɔ̃ʒ su salɛv/, literally Collonges under Salève; Colonges), popularly known as Collonges, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located on the Swiss border, between Geneva to the north and Mont Salève to the south, after which it is named.

History

The name of Collonges (from the Latin colonica) designates a colony of farmers situated on land granted, along with certain liberties, by the land owner. The town dates from the 4th or 5th century. The modern commune has its roots in the Ancien Régime, arising out of a parish whose existence is recorded from the 12th century.

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) and singer Giuseppina Strepponi (1815–1897) were married in secret in the parish church of Collonges-sous-Salève, which then laid in the territory of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.[2] Collonges-sous-Salève is also the town of origin of the ancestors of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937).

Although the town, as well as Haute Savoie generally, is traditionally Catholic, Collonges-sous-Salève is the location of Adventist University of France – Collonges and Maurice-Tièche comprehensive school, both owned by the Seventh-day Adventist church.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022. fr.
  2. Milza, Pierre, Verdi et son temps, Perrin, Paris, 2001, p. 286, .